Dated dingy bathroom gets a dramatically glam renovation

The before

The bathroom wasn’t an eyesore, but shoddy workmanship from a 2006 renovation meant the space was past its best-before date.

The challenge

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By: Style at Home
Source: Ashley Capp

Christine Dovey’s bathroom renovation was part of the One Room Challenge, an online event where 20 designers have six weeks to complete a project, sharing process photos as they go.

The mood board

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Source: Ashley Capp

Christine used PowerPoint to help her imagine the finished product. “In my head, the design worked, but making a collage is the easiest way to verify that,” she says. Here’s how she did it. Step 1: Shoot Christine took pictures of items she already had, imported them into the program and erased the backgrounds using a special tool. Step 2: Collect Next, she searched online and copied and pasted images of the things she planned to buy (like the toilet and towel rack) directly into the document. Step 3: Layer To build the background, Christine duplicated images of the wall and floor tiles. Visual perspective is important for a realistic effect. Step 4: Play The final step involved arranging the images on the background. “It’s about 95 percent accurate to how the room turned out,” she says.

Light the room

Small details

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Source: Ashley Capp

The black-painted window frame punctuates the marble wall, and is reinforced by the trim on the towels and the detailing on the pendant lights. Christine mounted the neon pink “Reverie” sign above the lucite towel rack for a playful touch.